Environmental science and environmental ethics
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2000-04
Authors
Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
Oregon State Unviersity, Department of Philosophy, publisher
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Science and conscience have a complex, elusive relationship and this is nowhere better illustrated than in the relationship between environmental science and environmental ethics. Some ecological descriptions are more or less laden with values: order, stability, diversity, communities, interdependence, health, integrity, resilience, efficiency, flourishing. Examples from the Ecological Society of America and a sustainable biosphere, as this differs from sustainable development, advocated by the United Nations UNCED conference. Asking what is "vital" joins environmental science and environmental ethics.
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sustainable biosphere
sustainable development
science and values
conscience
environmental ethics
environmental advocacy
Ecological Society of America
United Nations UNCED conference